The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-18

and Moulton were not pair of hounds
pursuing as noble an animal as ever God
made in his own image.
The gradual decadence of Wallack's the
aters has eliminated in the transfer of both
houses to younger blood In management.
By the lease of his name to Abbey and
Schoeffel Mr.. Wallack avoids absolute
bankruptcy of his fame as a theatrical
maDsger. 1t is possible he retains little
of the large fortune which he once pos
sessed, but this is extremely doubtful.
Melodrama was the ruin of Mr.. Wallack.
His better Judgment was surrendered to
that of others less experienced than him
self, those not only unfamiliar with public
taste, but not sympathetic with lovers of
the drama. Mr.. Abbey told me yesterday
that melodrama, no matter of what
school-English or French-would be
strictly prohibited after he came into pos
session. There was an idea that he would
make the new Wallack's q home for
French plays of the Two Orphans"
school, but he says that the higher
comedies of the RobertsoniaD school, such
as ''Caste," "School." ETC., will be chiefly
done. This policy is unquestionably die
tated by the wish to give Mrs. Abbey, bet
tunity she has longed for since she first
came to New York. The reported engage
ment of Miss Rose Coghlan is by no means
fixed fact. There were some negotia-
tions, but doubt very much that they will
result in any arrangement. Miss Coghlan
is ill-suited TO the style of comedy which
Mr.. Abbey proposes to produce at Wal
lacks. 1 thought it much more likely
that Mrs. Agnes Booth, the wife of Mr..
Abbey's partner, Mr.. John Schoefel, would
naturally gravitate to Wallack's, but MIR.
Abbey says it is extremely unlikely.
Mr.. Schoeffel will manage the Star Theater,
and have no voice whatever in the direc-
ton of WallRck's; and as the Star will be
rented exclusively to travelling combina-
tions-if any survive the interstate COM
merce law-there will be no place for Mrs
Booth at that house. Besides, Mrs. Booth
tells me she is engaged to A. NJ. Palmer,
of the Madison Square Theater, for next
season to create the principal role of The
Martyrs" recent Partisan success of the
adulterous school,
Speaking of Wallack's reminds me to
describe a curious scene to be witnessed
every Saturday or matinee day at the stage
door of this theater. From a hundred to
two hundred girls gather on the sidewalk
near the door and on both sides of the
street to watch the men of this company as
they emerge after the performance. There
of the company-only young girls. Istood
for ten minutes on Saturday last and
watched the actions and listened to the
talk OF some of them. There were audible
exclsmations from the groups as Kyrle
Bellew came out of the door. He had let
ters in his hand, and, to hide his embar-
rassment, pretended to read them as he
made his way through the admirIng
thTopg. As he neared me he looked up
csr ,nI % l. so soTr
on every Saturday, I suppose?" He
smiled assent and shrugged his shoul-
ders in contempt of the demon
stration. He dropped the en-
velope OF a letter he had read, and as we
turned away / saw a fragile girl of not
| more than fifteen run across the street and
pick up the discarded envelope. No per-
son who has not witnessed these demon
strations can have any true idea of the ab.
| ing actors OF the stage. If a man Of Bel
lewis importance on the stage goes to Del
monico's for dinner all eyes are turned on
him, and generally to his extreme annoy
ance. This too public admiration was q
source of great annoyance to poor Harry
Montague when he was the leading
! juvenile of Wallack's company, and anl
sure that Bellew is equally annoyed by the
undue attention it brings upon him when
AS WOu1O pIClOI W ~ uuuOblCOOs
This actor worship is by no means con-
fined to Mr.. Bellew, though he happens
| just now to be the particular rage" He
is a picturesque-lOoking youEg fellow.
Men would not regard him as exactly
handsome, nor quite as dandy; but the
young girls evidently find something in
| his appearance to actually rave about. 1t
must be in his appearance for he doesn' I
know one in 100 of his foolish admirers.
John Drew, of Daly's company, is much
| admired in the same way by young peo-
pie who know that he is married and has
couple of youngsters almost as old as
those who admire him. Adonis Dixey is
even mere worshiped in the same way by
the frivolous, and it greatly amuses him.
Dlxey is q very sensible, domestic young
fellow, who is content to be admired with
| out admiring. 1t would be amusing to
walk down Broadway with either Dixey
or Bellew and laugh at the antics of his
girl worshipers were 1t not for the re-
Election that their frivolltles too often lead
to their degradation and ruin at the hands
of those who recognize the weakness oil
mind thus indicated and prey upon the
foolish creatures.